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  grammar 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  works, 
  mostly 
  relating 
  to 
  his 
  mis- 
  

   sionary 
  labors. 
  The 
  Natick 
  dialect, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bible 
  was 
  made, 
  is 
  now 
  extinct 
  (pi. 
  40). 
  

  

  Fiji 
  Gospels. 
  Printed 
  at 
  Vuda, 
  Fiji 
  Islands, 
  1847. 
  The 
  Fiji 
  

   group 
  of 
  islands 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Pacific 
  Ocean. 
  It 
  comprises 
  

   over 
  200 
  islands, 
  of 
  which 
  about 
  80 
  are 
  inhabited. 
  Since 
  1874 
  the 
  

   Fiji 
  Islands 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  British 
  dependency; 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  popula- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  about 
  125,000. 
  Christianity 
  was 
  introduced 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  

   by 
  Wesleyan 
  missionaries 
  in 
  1835. 
  

  

  Armenian 
  Bible. 
  The 
  first 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  Bible 
  into 
  the 
  Arme- 
  

   nian 
  language 
  was 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  Syriac 
  version 
  in 
  the 
  fifth 
  century 
  

   by 
  Mesrob 
  (354r-141), 
  the 
  reputed 
  inventor 
  of 
  the 
  Armenian 
  alpha- 
  

   bet 
  and 
  founder 
  of 
  Armenian 
  literature, 
  and 
  the 
  patriarch 
  Sahak 
  

   (Isaac). 
  The 
  present 
  translation 
  was 
  printed 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1870. 
  

   Bound 
  in 
  black 
  Morocco, 
  richly 
  gold 
  tooled, 
  with 
  gilt 
  edges. 
  

  

  The 
  Bible 
  in 
  the 
  Turkish 
  Language. 
  Printed 
  in 
  Constantinople 
  

   in 
  1878. 
  Bound 
  in 
  black 
  roan, 
  richly 
  tooled. 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  testament 
  in 
  the 
  Korean 
  Language. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  

   issue 
  of 
  the 
  Scriptures 
  in 
  the 
  Korean 
  tongue. 
  Printed 
  in 
  Seoul, 
  

   Korea, 
  in 
  1900. 
  

  

  BIBLES 
  OF 
  HISTORICAL 
  INTEREST. 
  

  

  Biblia 
  Pauperum 
  (Bible 
  of 
  the 
  Poor). 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  cuts 
  (from 
  34 
  

   to 
  50) 
  illustrating 
  the 
  leading 
  events 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  Christ, 
  each 
  

   with 
  representations 
  of 
  supposed 
  parallels 
  from 
  the 
  Old 
  Testament, 
  

   and 
  accompanied 
  with 
  explanatory 
  texts. 
  Thus, 
  on 
  the 
  page 
  ex- 
  

   hibited 
  in 
  the 
  Museum, 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  is 
  the 
  transfiguration 
  of 
  Christ 
  

   (Matthew 
  xvii, 
  1-9; 
  Mark 
  ix, 
  2KL0; 
  Luke 
  ix, 
  28-36); 
  to 
  the 
  left, 
  

   Abraham 
  receiving 
  the 
  three 
  angels 
  (Genesis 
  xviii) 
  ; 
  to 
  the 
  right; 
  

   Nebuchadnezzar 
  and 
  Hananiah, 
  Mishael, 
  and 
  Azariah 
  (Shadrach, 
  

   Meshach, 
  and 
  Abed-nego) 
  in 
  the 
  furnace 
  (Daniel 
  iii). 
  Above 
  are 
  

   the 
  busts 
  of 
  David 
  and 
  Isaiah 
  ; 
  underneath, 
  of 
  Malachi 
  and 
  Habak- 
  

   kuk; 
  and 
  below, 
  the 
  explanatory 
  text. 
  Such 
  Bibles 
  were 
  in 
  vogue 
  

   during 
  the 
  Middle 
  Ages, 
  until, 
  through 
  the 
  invention 
  of 
  printing, 
  

   the 
  complete 
  Scriptures 
  were 
  made 
  accessible 
  to 
  the 
  people. 
  This 
  

   copy 
  is 
  a 
  facsimile 
  of 
  the 
  edition 
  of 
  Hans 
  Sporer, 
  1471, 
  at 
  Nuremberg, 
  

   Germany. 
  

  

  Cromwell's 
  Soldier's 
  Pocket 
  Bible. 
  Facsimile 
  reprint. 
  Compiled 
  

   by 
  Edmund 
  Calamy, 
  and 
  issued 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  Army 
  of 
  the 
  

   Commonwealth, 
  London, 
  1643. 
  It 
  has 
  frequently 
  been 
  stated 
  that 
  

   every 
  soldier 
  in 
  Cromwell's 
  army 
  was 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  pocket 
  Bible, 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  supposed 
  that 
  an 
  especially 
  small 
  copy 
  was 
  used. 
  In 
  

   1854 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Livermore 
  of 
  Cambridgeport, 
  Mass., 
  dis- 
  

   covered 
  that 
  the 
  Bible 
  which 
  Cromwell's 
  soldiers 
  carried 
  was 
  not 
  

  

  